Rutgers Experts in the News

Media turn to Rutgers experts for insights on current issues, research and trends

Rutgers faculty share their knowledge and commitment to academic excellence many ways – through teaching, research, mentorship and service beyond the university community. In addition to scholarly talks and publishing in prestigious journals, many also share their expertise through the news media, providing context and expertise to key issues and sharing the results of their research. Every day, Rutgers experts appear in global, national and regional news outlets, lending their voices to current and critical topics ranging from climate change, economic trends, agriculture and politics to the opioid abuse epidemic and other health-related issues.

Throughout the year, University Communications and Marketing tracks news coverage of Rutgers, including experts in the news, through a media monitoring platform. During the last academic year, Rutgers was cited in more than 500,000 news stories around the world. We applaud our many faculty who take the time out of their busy schedules to speak with reporters and to share their expertise. They have appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education and TIME magazine; television networks including CNN, FOX and the BBC; as well as regional outlets including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Star-Ledger and The Record of North Jersey.

Here’s a list in alphabetical order of 50 Rutgers faculty who emerged as the most cited for their expertise in various media, including television appearances, research noted, attributed quotes, columns and editorials.

	Kenneth Able, Distinguished Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Marine and coastal research and fish species The Weather Channel, The CBC, The Sandpaper
	Atiya Aftab, part-time lecturer, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Islam and promoting understanding between Jewish and Muslim communities Associated Press, Today, The Record
	Shawn Arent, director, Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health Center for Health and Human Performance; director, graduate program in kinesiology and applied physiology; associate professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Exercise endocrinology, ergogenic aids, sports nutrition and exercise physiology Scientific American, Inside Science, Business Insider
	Bruce Baker, professor, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Education finance, economics and equity The Atlantic, The Washington Post, NPR
	Ross Baker, professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: National politics, presidential politics and elections USA Today, The Hill, CNN
	W. Steven Barnett, Board of Governors Professor, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Economics of early care and education, including costs and benefits; the long-term effects of preschool programs on children's learning and development; and the distribution of educational opportunities NBC News, POLITICO, Mother Jones
	Yarimar Bonilla, associate professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick  Topics in the news: Effects of Hurricane Maria, sovereignty, citizenship and race across the Americas Democracy Now, The Intercept, WNYC
	Paul Breslin, professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Taste perception with an emphasis on taste discrimination, taste enhancement and suppression, and taste localization Reader's Digest, Women's Health, Well + Good
	Joel Cantor, director, Center for State Health Policy; Distinguished Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Innovations in health service delivery and the regulation of private health insurance markets Politifact, The Record, NJ Spotlight
	Michael Carrier, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Law School, Camden Topics in the news: Antitrust, patent and intellectual property law focusing on pharmaceutical, high-technology and music industries The New York Times, CNN, The Wall Street Journal
	Susan Carroll, professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Women’s participation in politics NPR, The Atlantic, CNN
	Brittney Cooper, assistant professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Black women’s intellectual history, black feminist thought, hip-hop feminism, hip-hop studies, race and gender representation in popular culture, digital feminism and new media WNYC, The New Republic, C-SPAN
	Nancy DiTomaso, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick Topics in the news: Issues of diversity, culture and inequality CBS News, Kansas City Star
	Kelly Dittmar, assistant professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-Camden; scholar, Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Women running for or serving in political office WNYC, The New York Times, Vice
	Paul Falkowski, Distinguished Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Origins of life, how electron transfer reactions are mediated and how organisms transformed the geochemistry of Earth The Guardian, NJTV News, Forbes
	Craig Feibel, professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleoenvironments, geoarchaeology and environmental geology Live Science, Scientific American
	Jay Feinman, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Law School, Camden Topics in the news: Insurance law, torts and contract law CBS News, Reader’s Digest, WNYC
	Jennifer Francis, research professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Extreme weather, Arctic warming and weather patterns The Boston Globe,  The Guardian, The Washington Post
	David Greenberg, professor, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Contemporary politics, public affairs and American political and cultural history POLITICO, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
	Perry Halkitis, dean, School of Public Health, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Topics in the news: LGBTQ rights and health care policy The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bloomberg
	Ben Horton, professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Sea level and environmental change WHYY, The Press of Atlantic City, The Daily Mail
	James Hughes, University Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Demographics, housing and regional economics The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, NJ 101.5
	Robert Kopp, professor, School of Arts and Sciences, and director, Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Sea-level rise and past and future climate change and its impact on the economy Scientific American, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Mail
	Thomas Leustek, associate dean for academic administration, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Plant biology The Daily Mail, Voice of America
	Vadim Levin, professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Seismological structure of the lithosphere and the upper mantle, and what it tells us about past and present processes inside the Earth Fox News, USA Today, Mashable
	Petros Levounis, professor and chair, Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Topics in the news: Addiction, co-occurring psychiatric disorders and LGBTQ health Newsweek, The Washington Post, NBC News
	Kriste Lindenmeyer, dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School, Rutgers University-Camden Topics in the news:  History of childhood, American history, public policy and social entrepreneurship NPR, History News Network
	Matthew Mayer, associate professor, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: School violence prevention and emotional behavioral disorders The New York Times, The Record, The Asbury Park Press
	Lorraine Minnite, associate professor and chair, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Rutgers University-Camden Topics in the news: Voters' rights, inequality and racial and social justice HuffPost, The Philadelphia Inquirer, CNN
	Thomas Molnar, associate professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Plant biology and genetically improved crops The Star-Ledger, CBS 3 Philadelphia, Now This
	Lewis Nelson, chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Topics in the news: Prescription drug misuse The Philadelphia Inquirer, Live Science, Salon
	Barbara O’Neill, Distinguished Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Personal finance and financial management U.S News & World Report, MarketWatch, The New York Times
	Boris Paskhover, assistant professor, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Topics in the news: Facial plastics and reconstructive surgery Vox, Vice, Mic
	Malin Pinsky, assistant professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Global change in the ocean and its impact on society and population Forbes, Truthdig, The Boston Globe
	Carlton Pryor, professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Observational and theoretical studies of the structure and evolution of both star clusters and individual galaxies NJ 101.5, The Asbury Park Press
	David A. Robinson, Distinguished Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Climate and climate change CBS 2 New York, The Press of Atlantic City, The Star-Ledger
	Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Geoengineering and nuclear winter Business Insider, Wired, Scientific American
	William Rodgers, professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Labor economics and the economics of social problems CNN, The Washington Post, The Star-Ledger
	Bruce Ruck, managing director, New Jersey Poison Center, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Topics in the news: Poison prevention and drug safety Wall Street Journal, NJ 101.5, News 12 New Jersey
	Donald Schaffner, Distinguished Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Food science and food safety Philadelphia Magazine, Business Insider, NBC News
	Stuart Shapiro, professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Economics, environmental planning and policy and political institutions Bloomberg, NBC News, The Star-Ledger
	Michael Steinberg, professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Topics in the news: Smoking cessation, cancer screening and prevention U.S News & World Report, The Asbury Park Press
	Patricia Suplee, associate professor, School of Nursing-Camden, Rutgers University-Camden Topics in the news: Maternal mortality NPR, PopSugar, Nurse.com
	Pauline Thomas, professor, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Topics in the news: Preventive medicine CNN
	Luis Ulloa, associate professor, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Topics in the news: neuromodulation of the immune system in sepsis New Atlas, New Scientist
	Paula Voos, professor, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Labor economics, employment relations theory and labor relations The Los Angeles Times, Vox, NJBIZ
	Debbie Walsh, director, Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Women and trends related to women in U.S. politics USA Today, The New York Times, TIME
	Junius Williams, guest, School of Arts and Sciences-Newark; former director, Abott Leadership Institute, Rutgers University-Newark Topics in the news: Improving K-12 education in Newark and civil rights The Star-Ledger, WNYC
	Walter Zahorodny, associate professor, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Topics in the news: Development, psychological and neuropsychological assessments of children and adolescents, and autism ABC News, USA Today, NJ 101.5
	Liping Zhao, professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Topics in the news: Microbiology WebMD, UPI, Forbes